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Monday, 6 February 2017

Destination Inspiration - Love Is The Key

Hi fellow travelers and welcome to Terminal 1. It's Sandy here today to share our travel bag items for this month. We have arrived with a full travel bag to work with so let's find out what's in there. We have:

Product - Craft Card

Color - Fired Brick (dark red)

Technique - Stenciling

Substrate -Burlap

February is the month of "Love" - I made a mixed media canvas in honor of Valentine's Day.

Here's how it came together -

Start by painting a 5" X 7" canvas with the dark red.

Cut a piece of burlap that is a little smaller than the canvas and fray all the edges.

Cut 2 banners, 1 from craft and 1 from red, ECD Stitched Fishtail Banners. Rough up the edges with the TH Paper Distresser
Stamp the word "Love" and a small heart on the craft banner from the Love Sentiments Clear Stamp set from ECD.

Although the banners have stitch marks, I went to my sewing machine and added some sewing on the edges with red thread.

To add that vintage feel, I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges.

Add 2 hearts, 1 small one from ECD Entwined Hearts using craft. 1 large one from TH Scribbles & Splat using red.

For the finishing touches, splat a little white on the entire thing by using watered down gesso and a fan brush. A knob on top, and of course the key. Poke hole in canvas - add a Hitch Fasener and hang a key.

Come back each Monday this month to see what the Creative Guides have made using the same items in a totally different way.